1.2 Convection Currents and the Mantle



Vocabulary


Heat Transfer: the movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object
Radiation: a transfer of energy through empty space
Conduction: when heat transfers by direct contact of particles of matter
Convection: heat transfer by the movement of a heated fluid
Density: a measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a subtance
Convection Current: the flow that transfers heat within fluid



Notes



Convection in Earth's Mantle